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Next phase of Trump impeachment hearings set for Dec 4
WASHINGTON: The House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday it would begin hearings on Dec 4 in the next phase of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump, inviting the US president and his lawyer to attend.Lawmakers in the Democratic-led House of Representatives spent the last two weeks publicly questioning witnesses including White House officials...
Court says White House must comply with impeachment subpoenas
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s top aides must comply with subpoenas to appear in the impeachment investigation against the president, a US appeals court judge ruled.In a case involving former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was subpoenaed in May by the House Judiciary Committee, judge Ketanji Jackson ruled Monday that administration...
Ukraine protesters demand no ‘capitulation’ to Russia
KIEV: Thousands of Ukrainians demonstrated in Kiev on Thursday to demand no “capitulation” to Moscow as President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares for a December summit meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.The pair are due to meet for the first time since Zelensky’s election last April at French-hosted Dec 9 quadripartite talks which...
Three navy ships held by Russia return to Ukraine port
KIEV: Three navy vessels that Moscow seized last year and handed back to Ukraine have arrived at a Ukrainian port, though Kiev said they were stripped of equipment.The Nikopol, the Berdyansk and the Yany Kapu were seized in November last year in the Kerch Strait, in the most serious confrontation between Russia and Ukraine since the beginning of...
Kazakhstan holds doctor over illegal organ transplants
NUR-SULTAN: Police in Kazakhstan detained a doctor this week for harvesting organs from poor people and using them in illegal transplants for wealthy foreigners, the interior ministry said.People from Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were among those who had been “forced to sell their kidneys due to (their) difficult financial situation,”...
Ambassador brings Pompeo deeper into Trump impeachment
WASHINGTON: A US envoy said Wednesday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo directed him to coordinate Ukraine policy with President Donald Trump’s lawyer, further implicating the top US diplomat in the impeachment drama.Gordon Sondland — the US ambassador to the European Union who, unlike previous diplomats who testified in the inquiry, is a...
Russia gives ships back to Ukraine ahead of summit
KIEV: Russia on Monday handed over three navy ships it seized a year ago from Ukraine, Moscow and Kiev authorities said, in the latest move to ease tensions between the two countries ahead of a crucial summit.After an exchange of prisoners in September and the withdrawal of some frontline forces over the last few weeks, the handover marked...
Ukraine ex-president named witness in power abuse probe
KIEV: Ukraine’s former president Petro Poroshenko has been designated a witness in a criminal investigation related to the nomination of judges, the state investigation bureau said on Monday.Poroshenko has been embroiled in a number of investigations since leaving office in May.But the latest investigation is the first abuse of power probe...
Trump says will ‘strongly consider’ testifying in impeachment probe
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Monday he is “strongly” considering accepting a challenge from opposition Democrats to testify in his own impeachment investigation.After the speaker of the lower house, Nancy Pelosi, upped the ante by suggesting that Trump come forward to tell the “truth“, the Republican president said he was keen.Pelosi...
Tillerson says Trump actions ‘wrong’ if proven
WASHINGTON: Former Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has criticised alleged actions that have triggered an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, saying using US influence for personal gain is “wrong”.Tillerson, a former oil executive who was unceremoniously fired by Trump in March last year, was asked about the scandal in an interview...
